Phacoemulsification versus extracapsular extraction: governmental costs [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate the governmental costs of patients undergoing phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction at a public hospital in a developing country. METHODS: A prospective study was conduced with 205 patients.
Newton Kara-Junior +5 more
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Cataract surgery through extracapsular cataract extraction and phacoemulsification in patients from Las Tunas [PDF]
Background: cataract is the most frequent cause of vision loss in the population over 60 years and its treatment is the ophthalmologic surgical procedure mostly performed today.Objective: to describe the results of cataract surgery using the two types of
Jorge F Pérez Martínez +2 more
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Surgically induced necrotizing scleritis after a routine extracapsular cataract extraction
Objective: To report a case of necrotizing scleritis in an elderly diabetic patient who underwent uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction. Methods: Observational case report.
M.A.T. Eltanal-Pascual, MD +2 more
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Keratoplasty and cataract extraction
Fifty eyes were evaluated following penetrating keratoplasty and cataract extraction. Twenty five of them had intracapsular lens extraction while the remaining 25 had intercapsular method of extracapsular lens extraction.
Panda Anita, Kumar T
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Komplikationsrate und Risikofaktoren für intraoperative Komplikationen bei Phakoemulsifikationen von Operateuren am Anfang ihrer Ausbildung [PDF]
Hintergrund: In der vorliegenden Studie wurden die intraoperative Komplikationsrate und die Risikofaktoren, die mit Komplikationen assoziiert waren, bei Phakoemulsifikationen untersucht, die von Operateuren am Anfang ihrer operativen Ausbildung an einem ...
Briszi, Andrea
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Toric intraocular lenses: Evidence‐based use
Abstract Uncorrected refractive astigmatism degrades visual acuity. Spherical intraocular lenses (IOLs) leave astigmatic errors resident in the cornea manifest in refractive astigmatism. Toric IOLs, correcting for this corneal astigmatism, contribute to spectacle‐free vision in the pseudophakic eye.
Michael Goggin
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In‐depth analysis of risk factors for pseudophakic retinal detachments and retinal breaks
Abstract Purpose To provide a detailed analysis of risk factors for pseudophakic retinal detachments (PRD) and pseudophakic retinal breaks (PRB). Materials and methods We reviewed the medical records of cataract surgeries between 1996 and 2017 at a tertiary care hospital in Austria.
Maximilian Gabriel +7 more
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Traumatic lenticular abscess or traumatic cataract: A clinical riddle, diagnosis, and management
A lenticular abscess is an uncommon condition occurring after penetrating trauma, metastatic spread, and intraocular surgery. We report a unique case of lenticular abscess that mimicked a traumatic cataract.
Meena Lakshmipathy +3 more
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Effect of cataract surgery on wet age‐related macular degeneration activity
Abstract Background Wet age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) and age‐related cataract are often coexisting causes of visual impairment. Yet, the timing of cataract surgery in wet AMD patients is controversial. Methods One hundred and eleven eyes of 111 patients with wet AMD underwent cataract surgery at Helsinki University Hospital in Finland during ...
Petteri Karesvuo +5 more
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A posterior polar cataract is a discoid posterior polar plaque-like cataract with a thin and fragile to absent posterior capsule with adherent acellular opacity to the capsule reported in the literature.
M S Ravindra +3 more
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